The Foundation for Refugee Students UAF provides financial and other support to refugees and asylum seekers who plan to study in the Netherlands.
The Foundation for Refugee Students UAF provides financial and other support to refugees and asylum seekers who plan to study in the Netherlands. Students must be recognized refugees within the Netherlands. Anyone who can use their knowledge can make a meaningful contribution to Dutch society.
More information is available on the UAF site.
Scholarship value
The UAF does not grant scholarships. The UAF supports its clients in the preparation for and during their studies at Dutch educational institutions. The support usually consists of advisory, intermediary and counselling services; under certain circumstances the UAF also provides financial support for study costs such as tuition fees, books and travel expenses.
This unique, multidisciplinary Bachelor’s will prepare you for an exciting career as researcher, consultant, engineer or entrepreneur in almost any area of science and tech.
Get theoretically and practically equipped to bring mathematical clarity to complex societal challenges in areas such as technology, mobility, healthcare, and the environment.
In the Dutch-taught Bachelor of Applied Physics, you will learn to understand the fundamental laws of nature and apply them in innovative technologies and sustainable solutions.
In this Dutch-taught Bachelor's, you will learn to design and develop new healthcare technologies, such as rehabilitation robots, artificial organs, medical scans and prostheses.
This Bachelor’s will give you both the business and the IT expertise you need to help companies perform better and more sustainably in our rapidly digitalising society.
This three-year, English-taught bachelor’s will equip you to understand, design and develop new, sustainable processes, materials and solutions, using chemistry as the starting point.
This Bachelor's teaches you to design, construct and manage large projects in construction & infrastructure, water management, and traffic & transport, combining technical and non-technical knowledge.
In this English-taught Bachelor's you will delve deeper into the interactions between people (and technologies) to come up with effective communication strategies.
In the three-year English-taught Bachelor’s in Creative Technology (CreaTe) in Enschede or Amsterdam you learn to use smart technology for designing and building solutions that create a better future.
Become equipped to help shape tomorrow's world by coming up with high-tech, breakthrough solutions to practical problems that are faster, more accurate and more sustainable.
Do you want to contribute to optimisations and innovations in the healthcare sector? Throughout this Bachelor'’s you will learn to look critically at healthcare processes from different perspectives.
This three-year English-taught Bachelor’s will equip you to combine creativity with technology and engineering to design or improve products, services and systems for various end-users.
Become a multidisciplinary manager who can combine technological know-how with engineering and management skills.
In this English-taught Bachelor's, you will learn to tackle business challenges in a global market that is constantly changing.
In this bachelor's programme in Public Administration, you will help society face the challenges of our time. You will become a (re)designer of tomorrow’s tech-based society.
From hinges for a robotic hand to a roller coaster... you will soon be that inventive engineer who invents, designs and improves all kinds of appliances, machines, constructions and processes.
This Bachelor's in Psychology trains future-focused psychologists. You’ll explore the various ways behaviour and processes influence each other, with an emphasis on innovative tools like apps and VR.
You will be broadly educated in Computer Science: from programming to networks and systems to data science. With this expertise, you can work in business, the financial sector, and healthcare.
In this Bachelor's, you will learn to combine medicine and technology. You will learn to apply existing technology in innovative ways in order to optimise diagnostics and treatment methods.
In this Master’s, you will apply mathematics to challenging issues in diverse sectors. You will learn how to discover new patterns and how to predict them through mathematical models.
Deepen your understanding of the laws of physics to find technical solutions in a wide range of areas such as IT, sustainability, healthcare, chip design, digitalisation, finance, space and more.
Contribute to better healthcare by designing and developing medical innovations for improved diagnostics, treatment, rehabilitation, prevention and a better quality of life.
In today’s evolving world it makes no sense to do business as usual. This Master’s turns you into an innovative, entrepreneurial business leader who prepares businesses for the challenges of tomorrow.
Become an expert in IT-based business innovation, able to devise new services and radically improve the way businesses work with the use of IT.
This Master’s will help you to develop novel chemical processes, materials and molecules and contribute to innovations that benefit our society in areas such as health, water, food and sustainability.
If you are eager to focus on both the technical and non-technical aspects of civil engineering projects and systems, then the Master’s in Civil Engineering & Management is the programme for you.
This Master's helps you to become a strategic communicator and shape the future through innovation and behaviour change.
In this Master’s, you will learn to solve the biggest challenges of tomorrow’s digital society by designing and developing more secure, scalable, and efficient ICT systems.
This Master’s helps you to become an expert in managing large-scale, complex construction projects in an increasingly digitised industry, using an innovative, holistic approach.
Are you fascinated by learning, but not necessarily dreaming of becoming a teacher? Engage in educational breakthroughs in schools and/or organisations as a researcher, designer or consultant.
In this Master’s, you will learn to shape the future of electronics by developing novel electronic devices and systems, from circuits to sustainable energy technologies.
This Master’s programme equips you with expertise in designing the software and hardware of complex embedded systems in vehicles, pacemakers and chipsets amongst others.
The one-year, English-taught Master's in Environmental & Energy Management will equip you to lead, manage and govern socio-technological change processes related to energy, water and the environment.
Managing Europe is a complex challenge. The Master’s in European Studies gives you the expertise to operate in this fascinating environment where various levels of government come together.
This Master’s focuses on healthcare policy and organisation, with specific attention to the role of technology in healthcare.
Combine design and engineering in creating innovative products that enrich people’s lives. During this two-year Master’s, you learn to optimise both products and the development processes involved.
Become a creative, multidisciplinary manager with both technological know-how and engineering and management skills and optimise processes and solve problems in complex, globally active organisations.
Delve into the field of human-computer interaction and design and develop interactive technologies that are meaningful to people and society.
Become an expert mechanical engineer that focuses on the futureproof design, analysis and maintenance of machinery, structures, products and production processes.
Tackle big, societal issues at the smallest level: become an expert in the upcoming field of nanotechnology and invent, design, and develop innovative solutions on the extremely small nanoscale.
Philosophy of Science, Technology & Society is the premier Master's programme for learning how to critically analyse and assess the impact of scientific and technological developments on society.
To understand human behaviour means to understand the world. This Master’s will deepen your understanding of human behaviour in order to design effective solutions to societal problems.
Learn to tackle the grand challenges our complex society faces from a political-administrative point of view and develop your own profile within a domain of your choice.
Share your knowledge of science subjects in school! This Dutch-taught teacher education programme will equip you to become a teacher in secondary (Dutch) education.
Natural disasters, poverty, food shortage, epidemics, climate change: learn to tackle society’s greatest and complex challenges using spatial data and technical and socio-economic knowledge.
Do you feel called upon to make a valuable contribution to the sustainable energy transition? Become an expert in the development, implementation and integration of sustainable energy technologies.
This Dutch-taught Master’s will equip you to become a technical doctor who can use medical technologies to their full potential.
Solving global water problems requires a multidisciplinary approach of knowledge and skills. That is why Wetsus and three Dutch universities offer a joint degree in Water Technology.
Application requirements
To qualify for this support, applicants must fulfill the following requirements:
- You have a Dutch residence permit because you applied for ayslum
- Your received your residence permit less than five years ago (date of decision),
- Or you have applied for asylum in the Netherlands and an asylum procedure is ongoing
- Your preparatory training is sufficient to study in higher education: University or University of Applied Sciences (hbo/hogeschool). You must provide a certificate of enrolment and a certificate of admission to a programme. The UAF can also help you when you want to study at MBO level 3 and 4.
- You speak English or Dutch at an intermediate or high level, or you are following a Dutch language course (level B1)
- You attended school in your country of origin. Your level of education is comparable to the Dutch Havo 5 level or 12 years or preliminary education, or you have completed prior education in your country of origin comparable to the Dutch Havo 5 level or 12 years of previous education
- You have completed at least 11 years of education
- You have not yet graduated at a Dutch University or University of Applied Sciences.
- You speak English or Dutch at an intermediate level (B1 or higher)
- You are willing to refund part of the payments you received to finance your studies.
Deadline for application
This programme has no deadline for application. You can apply all-year-long.